US 11,891,253 B2
Organic material handling system
Gary Wayne Teichrob, Rosedale (CA); Kevin Brent Thiessen, Rosedale (CA); James Ryan Brezden, Lindell Beach (CA); Eric Milton Clegg, Chilliwack (CA); Ian Breeweg, Fort Macleod (CA); and Dennis Keith Ho, Abbotsford (CA)
Assigned to TY-CROP MANUFACTURING LTD., British Columbia (CA)
Filed by TY-CROP MANUFACTURING LTD., Rosedale (CA)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,404.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312268 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 67/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/18 (2006.01); B65G 47/44 (2006.01); B65G 67/24 (2006.01); B65G 17/30 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/44 (2013.01) [B65G 17/30 (2013.01); B65G 47/18 (2013.01); B65G 67/08 (2013.01); B65G 67/24 (2013.01); B65G 2201/04 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An organic material handling system comprising:
a receiving module configured to receive organic material from a container vehicle and to move the organic material in a first direction toward an outlet of the receiving module, the organic material being discharged downward at the outlet of the receiving module;
a transfer module configured to receive the organic material from the outlet of the receiving module, and to move the received organic material in a second direction toward an outlet of the transfer module;
a storage module having an upper opening configured to receive and accumulate the organic material following handling by at least the transfer module;
a discharge module configured to receive the organic material from the storage module and to deliver the organic material from an outlet of the discharge module to a second container vehicle, the discharge module operable independently from at least the receiving module and the transfer module; and
one or more levelling bars, each levelling bar disposed in a spaced-apart configuration above an upper surface of an associated conveyor, the associated conveyor being one or more of: a conveyor of the receiving module, a conveyor of the transfer module, and a conveyor of the discharge module, each of the levelling bars configured to distribute the organic material on the associated conveyor.